A Sunday afternoon fire caused major damage to a hay shed and burned approximately 300 large hay bales belonging to Rod Moyer of Moyer Farms  in eastern Geary County.

No one was injured in the fire on Moyer Ranch.  Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges said it was an open sided hay barn, “full of about 300 bales of hay, straw and broam, was found to be fully engulfed.” Two older model farm trucks also were destroyed in the fire.

Nineteen firefighters using five fire trucks responded to battle the blaze. The cause of the fire is undetermined. The damage estimate will exceed $80,000.